linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH v4 0/3] leds: trigger: netdev: add additional modes

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Message-ID: <ZJC6GaZO7DgdMmIv@corigine.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Jun 2023 22:27:05 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 0/3] leds: trigger: netdev: add additional
 modes

On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 01:53:52PM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> This is a continue of [1]. It was decided to take a more gradual
> approach to implement LEDs support for switch and phy starting with
> basic support and then implementing the hw control part when we have all
> the prereq done.
> 
> This should be the final part for the netdev trigger.
> I added net-next tag and added netdev mailing list since I was informed
> that this should be merged with netdev branch.
> 
> We collect some info around and we found a good set of modes that are
> common in almost all the PHY and Switch.
> 
> These modes are:
> - Modes for dedicated link speed(10, 100, 1000 mbps). Additional mode
>   can be added later following this example.
> - Modes for half and full duplex.
> 
> The original idea was to add hw control only modes.
> While the concept makes sense in practice it would results in lots of 
> additional code and extra check to make sure we are setting correct modes.
> 
> With the suggestion from Andrew it was pointed out that using the ethtool
> APIs we can actually get the current link speed and duplex and this
> effectively removed the problem of having hw control only modes since we
> can fallback to software.
> 
> Since these modes are supported by software, we can skip providing an
> user for this in the LED driver to support hw control for these new modes
> (that will come right after this is merged) and prevent this to be another
> multi subsystem series.
> 
> For link speed and duplex we use ethtool APIs.
> 
> To call ethtool APIs, rtnl lock is needed but this can be skipped on
> handling netdev events as the lock is already held.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230216013230.22978-1-ansuelsmth@gmail.com/

Hi Christian,

I am sorry if I am missing something obvious here,
but this series does not appear to apply on top of net-next.

Please consider rebasing and reposting.

As you probably know, you can include the reviewed-by tags
provided by Andrew for this posting, unless there are
substantial changes.

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